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Manifest Destiny
American expansion to the Pacific -
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Reconstruction
reintegration of Southern states as well as the freedom of blacks -
Purchase of Russian Alaska
Alaska is sold to the US by Russia -
14th Amendment
granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans -
15th Amendment
Any government in the United States cannot ignore a citizen's rights no matter their race -
First Black Senator elected
Hiram Revels of Mississippi was elected to U. S. Senate as the first black senator. -
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Gilded age
Rapid economic growth -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Last stand of General George Custer -
Dawes Act
Gives native land to US citizens -
Wounded Knee Creek Massacre
Massacre of 300+ Lakota peoples by the US military -
Carnegie Steel Founded
Steel company that would become US Steel -
Battle at Homestead Steel
a battle to stop workers from striking at Carnegie Steel -
Overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani
Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate the throne by American businessmen -
Plessy V. Fergusson
decided segregation was not against the US constitution -
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Progressivism
social reform and political philosophy rising -
Spanish-American War
War caused by the USS Maine exploding, as well as Americans trying to help the Cuban rebels -
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U.S. Imperialsism
American influential expansion -
The Jungle Written
exposed the appalling working conditions in the meatpacking plants -
Meat Inspection act of 1906
makes sure meat is slaughtered and processed sanitarily -
The Great White Fleet travels the globe
American fleet of ships makes full trip around the globe -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
A fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company building killed 146 workers, leading to a Safety revolution -
Trust-busting/breakup of Standard Oil
Standard oil was targeted as one of the large monopolies ruining 3rd class people's lives -
Building of the Panama Canal
US Government negotiated with the newly independent country of Panama -
Keating-Owen child labor act
Ban sale of products made with child labor -
19th Amendment
gave women the right to vote -
Prohibition Protests
Protests the ban on alcohol